Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120112:21:46:00
Happiness. how did you measure it? >> we worked with three huge data bases to find the happiest region or country on the four continents. when you look at the data points and do the correlations, what sorts of characteristics travel around with the happiest nations, you find that number one, gdp is a pretty weak predictor of happiness. at least for poor countries. what correlates most strongly to happiness is trust, tolerance, short ladder between the richest and poorest, and how well a nation is set up to nudge people into socializing. >> you meaning like in rome where they have those places ...
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